April 8, 2003

FAIRFIELD, CT (April 7, 2003) - Junior Katherine Wrinkle (Medford, NY) was named the Sacred Heart University Athlete of the Week for the week of March 31st through April 6th.

The Medford, NY native was unchallenged in winning the 5000-meters with a school record setting, personal best performance at the Southern Connecticut State University Invitational this past weekend. Her time of 17:49.49 beat her own school record of 17:53.73, which she set in 2001. She also easily surpassed the automatic New England qualifying standard of 18:30.24 for the event. Wrinkle is undefeated in her two races so far this season and has automatically qualified for the New England's in both the 5000-meters and the 3000-meter steeplechase. She is also ranked first in the Northeast Conference in both events.

Wrinkle and the rest of the Pioneers will return to action on Saturday, April 12th, when they take part in the Central Connecticut State University Invitational.

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